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Blockchain/DLT

Built on Chainscript (a JavaScript implementation of audit chains), Stratumn’s objective is to facilitate the building, deploying and running of Blockchain Apps by providing developers and enterprises with the necessary infrastructure and tools.

Lawnmower makes it easy for investors to buy or sell bitcoin instantly at any time, and to set up automatic recurring purchases. It also provides advanced analytics, such as charts and metrics, for investors to keep track of their portfolio’s performance.

Slock.it designs locks controlled by smart contracts running on the Ethereum blockchain so that users can open them with money transfer via their smartphone. Slock.it has set up a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) to fund and operate its service.

Fidor, a 100% online and mobile bank available in Germany and the UK, aims at offering its customers innovative services adapted to the digital age. Fidor has 80,000+ full KYC customers and 320 M€ in deposits as of 2014. It also integrates a community of 300,000 users rewarded based on their activity (product reviews and discussions, where one of the most popular ones is around cryptocurrencies), and is a bitcoin-friendly bank.

Factom is a data management software provider for industries to record and secure their sensitive data through the use of blockchain since it ensures a permanent, time-stamped record of data. In May 2015, Factom has partnered with the government of Honduras to build a permanent and secure land title record system.

Magnr is both a trading platform called Magnr Trading that allows users to make leveraged trades on the value of Bitcoin and a saving bitcoin system called Magnr Savings that allows users to earn interest on their bitcoin deposits according to a monthly basis calculated using blockchain’s public ledger (based on how much and how long users save).